The next performer is will choose is from the sport of football, he is a character that you never seem to miss on the pitch. This player is Roy Keane. When you see Keane on the pitch he shines out if that be in the tackle or leading from the front. He is a very aggressive and passionate character and lets everything he has on the pitch every week. He is a short fuse and even being a small person will not let anyone bully him around the pitch or before a game. Keane is a true winner and this shows because in the 1999 champion’s league semi-final he got a booking and this would mean that he’d miss the final. He didn’t let this get him down and he went on to score a goal and get them into the final, some fans say he won the cup single handily.
The last performer that I am using as the example is Asafa Powell. When you look at him as a person you will see he is a very quiet performer and doesn’t get involved with the press very often. He is a very dedicated athlete and trains thoroughly and intensely to keep up his record running times. He is the only performer at the time in 100 metres that is not being questioned when he runs a good race because he doesn’t use and substances to enhance his performance. He is very placid before races and after races, this shows he can control his emotions well and doesn’t let winning get to his head, he just gets back to his training and looks at what he needs to improve on. He participates in athletics because he is of a good build and devotes himself to power and short burst of energy.
Comparing two sports performers
I am now going to compare two of the performers I have mentioned. The two I will compare are Asafa Powell and Ricky Ponting. I will compare them by using the key characteristics of personality and show how they differ from each other. There are two types of states for personality they are type A and type B. Type A applies to individuals that are impatient and lack tolerance towards others. They also have high levels of personal anxiety. Type B people are far more relaxed and are more tolerant towards others. They have much lower personal anxiety. This is the start of were the two performers differ, Powell is relaxed performer and is opened minded towards his own times and performance along with his coach. On the other hand Ponting has his own views and sticks to them what ever the circumstance, he does not like to stand around in matches and let things happen he wants to make things happen that’s why his patience is short.
The key characteristics are what I have mentioned earlier on. When looking at Powell he is very much an introvert this is because he likes his own space and likes to take time analysing his performance and likes to stay well clear of any media attention. This also means that he can concentrate well and efficiently on his game just before a race. However with Ponting he is more of an extrovert, he is always involved with social occasions and situations. He also likes excitement happening during a game whether that is when he is batting and also when he is captaining in the field he likes to change things to change and upset proceedings.
The last two key characteristics are stable and neurotic. You would address Powell as a performer who is stable; this is just like the normal word stable in a sense. It means that he does not swing from one emotion to the other, this shows he has a good head on his shoulders and can deal with most situations whether that be if he loses a race or wins a race. This also bows well for his success because he can only improve if he isn’t getting upset when losing a race just analysing on what went wrong and what he has to do to win next time. With Ponting he can be both, on the stable side he is modest with the opposition if he has won and shows appreciation to how well they have played. He is also very confident and doesn’t show any weakness and always says there is something to work on with either his game or the team’s performance. Furthermore he can also be neurotic, were he gets very anxious in tight matches in the field and also has unpredictable emotions on and off the field.
Part Two
In this part of the report I am going to write about the importance of teamwork in two contrasting sports. The first sport that I will do is football. For a football team to be effective, the individuals must work together well and share goals. If football player’s reasons vary from each other then the team is not going to be cohesive. For example if half of the team are playing to win more than anything else, but the other half are in it for the beer and curry, ten clearly the team is likely to have less cohesion! In football player’s can play extremely well together one day, but badly the next. Some teams have many good players and yet cannot seem to play well together, whereas some teams have no individual ‘stars’ and yet are very successful. When a football player misses a big chance then the head drops and this causes the player to give up. With strong teamwork his team mates can encourage him and get his head back on the game and tell him to forget about it. When the team is playing well and all results go there way then success is immanent and they get there rewards that they deserve.
With cricket people may think it is not a team game because people do things individual whether that be when they are bowling, batting or fielding but that is far from the truth. When bowlers deliver a bad delivery they getting mad with them but also for letting the team down so that’s why the team ethic is always encouraging and praising bowlers so that they know that the team mates are behind them and that will keep there confidence up. It is the same with batting and fielding team mates will just say forget about it and think about the next delivery or next time the ball comes to you. However in cricket some individuals are trying harder than others this can do with motivation so that will cause the team to not reach there potential. With both sports I have mentioned social loafing occurs. This is basically players who lack motivation, they do not try there hardest to achieve because they are scared of failure. These players can get away with doing very little because no one will challenge them. This is not necessarily down to laziness; often the player does not want to let the team down, or feels unable to make any useful contribution to the team.
